Turner County herald. (Hurley, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1887-07-28
MINNESOTA.

| MINNESOTA.
Two deaths from sunstroke are report
ed in st. Paul.
-Gunder Hallem, of Spring Vale,
died from sunstroke lately.
| Spring wheat and oats are counte
about three fourths of crop.
Minnesota editors held their twentiet!
annual convention at Anoka recently.
About 200 delegates attended tn
Sault Ste. Marie convention at Duluth.
Red Wing has voted $4,000 in bond.
to the Red Wing and Iowa railroad, 65s
to 81.
Lewis Larson, in Jail for rape at Anoka
made desperate attempt at suicide. He i.
insane.
An organ costing about $500 ha.
been put in st. Mary's Catholic church n
ST. Paul.
AT Lewiston the chinch bugs have de.
stroyed the wheat and nearly all the barley
and oats.
Joel P. Heatwole, of Northfield, is the
new president of the Minnesota Editorial
association.
John 0. Murphy, an alleged turf cor
respondent, is certified by the st. Paul
Globe MS a fraud.
The argus-eyed police Of Duluth, can
cease their yigils. The LII visiting edi.
tors of Minnesota have left.
The striking carpenters OF st. Paul
have decided to continue the strike. The
brick layers have resumed work.
Tho annual meeting of the alumni as
sociation of the Mankalo normal school
will be held at Mankato August 10.
--Chas. Sellers, OF the lumber firm of
Sellers " Owens, at Lower, was badly
hurt by the bursting OF asaw in one of his
mills.
The barn of Rev. Mr.. solstat. of
Fisher, was struck by lightning and de-
stroyed. Loss, $4,000 with no insur-
ance.
The deaths in Saltwater have aver
aged one daily since July 1. The mortal
ity is unprecedented, and occurs mainly
among the children.
John Dresser, six-year- old boy Of st.
Paul, while playing around the cars fell
under the wheels and his right foe. was cut
off above the ankle.
Charley Anderson, whilo under The in
fuence of liquor, was run over by the cars
at Rush City. Both legs were cut off and
he lived but half an hour.
The largest crowd ever seen in Mn
kato gathered there to witness the sham
battle at Camp McGill. The battle wa, n
success and without accident.
Duluth gamblers have been off .ially
notified to quit under penalty of prosecu-
ton. There are fifty or seventy-iive of
them to whom the notice applies.
FRANK j. Mackey. the well-known
Minneapolis broker, was arrested for fast
driving. Mr.. Mackcy has sued tic pol &C.
man for $4,000 for false arrest.
Owing to some MISUNDERSTANDING
With the contractors, the architect on the
new court house at Mankato has ordered
he work suspended. One story of the
building is nearly completed.
Ed. McIntee, n farmer, fell from the
bird story window of hotel at Ltchticld.
nflicting wound from the effects of
which he died. 1t is supposed he lost his
balance while sitting in his window.
The total receipts of the Minneapolis
from the LIST of January to July
I, 1887, We're S7S5,17.47. For, the cor
esponding period last year the receipts
Tere s66l, ,s16.5sl m increase of s123.-
54.9O.
"A Boston party of returning excur-
ionists, forty in number, were in st. Paul
ne other day. Their entire trip repre-
ents 5,427 miles of travel, and the total
Expense, including railroad fares, hotel
ills, omnibus transfers, etc., is s545 for
ach person.
Michael McGovern, laborer on va
GUS steamboats, running between st. Paul
nd st. Louis, suicided at st. Paul by
lmping from barge into the river. He
ad been drinking hard lately, and WAS
nder the influence Of liquor when he took
is life.
-Wm. Peterson, Swe le. about "a years
age, was instantly killed in St. Paul by
tempting 10 cross the railroad track in
Vance of an approaching train. His
ead was cut off, and both legs were sew
ed fiom his body. 1t is known that he
I'd been drinking during the afternoon.
I'd was probably intox Gated at the time
the accident.
is available for the Minnesota
ldiers' home an appropriation OF $780, 1000.
was stipulated in the act OF the leeisla.
re TINT $4,000 of this amount could Le
pended for the purchase of site, but
is will be unnecessary, as the site is to
donated By the city of Mime apolis. The
" council of Minneapolis has appro-
lated S2Q, COO toward the $40, 900 neces-
ryto purchase the fifty acres donated.
ie remaining $4,000 is to bs donated by
pular subscriptions. About August /
commissioners will visit the Iowa and
mos soldiers hom IS for the purpose OF
thering information that will be Of
trice IN arranging future plans.